Comic sans sparks media war of words
Dr Mumbo has always known comic sans was a font type that divided people but today’s decision by the SMH to put it on the front page has truly sparked a war of words on Twitter.
The controversial decision was first noted by readers, with one even asking this important question:
SMH reporters also started commenting on it:
And making jokes about it:
Some readers definitely didn’t like it:
While others photoshopped it:
While a broader media readership generally mocked it:
With Guardian Australia data journalist Nick Evershed taking it to a whole other level by showing what the Guardian, News.com.au and The Australian websites would look like in comic sans:
However, Dr Mumbo has to give editor-in-chief Darren Goodsir credit. The SMH boss not only tweeted about it:
But he also replied to an email from Buzzfeed about it, which he of course wrote in comic sans…
Click here to read the full Buzzfeed comic sans piece.
Reid Parker, that is genius sir 🙂
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